Research and Productions:
20th Century Music Theatre and DanceIncidental compostitions and arrangementsResearch - including:18th and 19th century English Symphonic repertoire
Gluck in Sweden - the Gustavian Mss in the Royal Opera, Stockholm;
18th and 19th century English Symphonic repertoire;
18th century English Opera,
Cantatas and Song for the Theatres and Public Gardens of London;
Research
All editions have been prepared by Graham Lea-Cox from the original autographs and part-books
1. 18th and 19th century English Symphonic repertoire
2. 18th century English Opera, Cantatas and Song for the Theatres and Public Gardens of London.
Music by such composers as Thomas Arne, William Boyce, the Linleys, and JC Smith. Performances have included The Queen Elizabeth Hall and Shakespeare Globe Theatre, London.
3. Gluck in Sweden
Research for the Royal Swedish Court Theatre, Drottningholm 1990-92 Opera season. Manuscripts and 18th century performance material from the Royal Opera Archives, Stockholm, Sweden.
Works: Iphigénie en Tauride; Iphigénie en Aulide; Alceste; Orfeo ed Euridice;
4. William Boyce - The Forgotten works
click here for link to more information on the Hanover Band/GLC recordings of this composer
World Premiere recordings with the Hanover Band, soloists and New College Choir, Oxford, in newly prepared performing editions by Graham Lea-Cox from the composer’s autograph manuscript scores and parts.
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Productions and Compositions
Music Theatre and dance – original productions devised by Graham Lea-Cox.
A Contemporary Morality Tours of USA, Japan and Hong Kong with the Texas Boys Choir (USA) and Ensemble. Danced music theatre piece, devised, directed and with lighting design by Graham Lea-Cox. Music by Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach, Copland and Michael Tippett. Texas Boys Choir and Instrumental Ensemble.
Herodiade’s Flea Music Theatre piece devised and directed by Graham Lea-Cox with Façade by William Walton. Additional music by Satie, Schoenberg and Poulenc. English Performing Arts Ensemble.
An Extraordinary Cycle (Winchester City Festival “Le Tour’ 1996). A celebration of English and French music of the twentieth Century. Devised and directed by Graham Lea-Cox with the English Performing Arts Ensemble and Elizabethan Singers of London. Music by Milhaud, Vaughan Williams, Satie, Elgar, Delius and Farren-Price (World premiere). English Performing Arts Ensemble, Elizabethan Singers of London.
Shakespeare Incidental Music Including music composed by Graham Lea-Cox for a Programme celebrating music and Shakespeare. Other music by Arne, Thomas Linley Jnr, Mendelssohn, Gounod, Humperdinck. Performances incl. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. English Performing Arts Ensemble, Elizabethan Singers of London, Finchley Children’s Music Group.
Dido and Aeneas. Henry Purcell. (City of London Festival; Tour to Germany). Purcell's miniature masterpiece performed in costume with viols and period instrument ensemble. Devised and directed by Graham Lea-Cox. English Performing Arts Ensemble and Elizabethan Singers of London. Music by Henry Purcell.
Incidental Compositions and arrangements:
A Bag of Surprises:
Incidental music composed for a recording of children’s stories, read by British celebrities. In aid of the British Artists Charity, WAR CHILD. Prelude Records. Vocal and instrumental composition - Arrangements of orchestral, chamber and choral works for Television, stage and recordings. Recorded, Prelude Records; Performed: Queen Elizabeth and Festival Halls, South Bank, London.
